Miners Increase Working Days
[Per Press Association. Copyright ] INVERCARGILL, This Day. , A decision to work 11 days a fortnight, instead of 10 as at present, during the busy period, while the war lasts, was made by a'special meeting of the Nightcaps District Miners’ Union. The men will work five days one week and six the next. The decision was made at the wish of the Government and the owners. The men also decided to work on the King's Birthday holiday, Monday, at ordinary rates of pay, agreeing to forego overtime rales for holiday work on that day.
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Northern Advocate, 29 May 1940, Page 7
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97Miners Increase Working Days Northern Advocate, 29 May 1940, Page 7
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